Delhi Chalo march: Protesting farmers will resume their ‘Dilli Chalo’ march from in the present day (March 6) after spending days at the Punjab-Haryana border following clashes that injured a number of farmers and policemen. The agitators from throughout the nation will proceed to Delhi in buses and on trains.
The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), two umbrella our bodies main the farmer’s agitation, have issued a name for farmers from throughout the nation to attain Delhi on Wednesday. The farmers additionally known as for a four-hour countrywide rail roko on March 10 to press the central authorities to fulfill their varied calls for, together with a authorized assure on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, pension for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, no hike in electrical energy tariffs, amongst others.
“Our program to march to Delhi is as it is, we’ve not stepped back from it. It has been decided that we will increase our strength on the borders. On March 6, farmers will come to (Delhi) from all over the country by train, bus, air and we will see whether the government will allow them to sit there or not. On March 10, we will hold ‘Rail Roko’ protest across the country from 12 pm to 4 pm,” farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal had mentioned earlier.
Delhi Police safety preparations
In view of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march name given by totally different farmer outfits, the Delhi Police has elevated safety measures at the Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders, in addition to railway and metro stations and bus stands. The police have instructed their personnel to keep strict vigilance in these areas.
“We had temporally removed barriers for commuters at the Singhu and the Tikri borders. The deployment of police and paramilitary personnel is still there and (they) will ensure strict, round-the-clock vigil,” a senior police officer mentioned.
Additional police and paramilitary forces have already been deployed at railway and metro stations, in addition to bus stands, as a part of the heightened safety measures carried out by the Delhi Police. “No one will be allowed to breach the law,” the officer mentioned.
Farmers’ Delhi Chalo march
The farmers started their march on February 13 however had been halted by safety forces at the border of Haryana and Punjab, main to clashes. Since then, the protesting farmers have remained stationed at the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana after their “Delhi Chalo” march was obstructed.
Despite 4 rounds of talks between the protesting farmers and the Centre concerning the farmers’ calls for, no decision has been reached to date.
The police have mentioned that they are going to intensify checking at varied areas, which can lead to visitors congestion within the metropolis.
Farmers’ demand
The protesting farmers have offered an inventory of 12 calls for to the central authorities. According to the protesting farmers, the centre promised them higher crop costs after which they ended the 2021 protest. At the forefront of their calls for is the enactment of a regulation guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, a measure advocated by the Swaminathan Commission report.
In addition to MSP assurance, the farmers are calling for a complete debt waiver programme and the institution of a pension scheme for each farmers and farm labourers. Furthermore, they’re vehemently opposing the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 and are urging for the reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act of 2013. This reinstatement would entail provisions guaranteeing farmers’ consent and compensation set at 4 instances the collector price.
In 2020, numerous farmers from Punjab and close by areas of Ambala gathered at the Shambhu border and broke police limitations to march in the direction of Delhi.
The farmers, primarily from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, held a year-long protest on Delhi’s border factors — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur — in opposition to the three now-repealed farm legal guidelines.
